Trinity Traitor: From One Person to the Other

Chapter 286 The Golden Old Man
Zhang Xuan definitely wouldn't listen to Zhang Zhiwei.

Zhang Zhiwei didn't know any mechanical skills, but he had his own eyes and could tell for himself whether he could learn any skills from He Songling.

Zhang Xuan is a relatively pure person. Unlike He Songling and Zhang Zhiwei, who are always eager to fight and pursue the highest level of fighting, all he needs is the pinnacle of mechanical arts.

Therefore, in fact, even He Songling did not expect that there was no need to let him see any military industry, heavy industrial machine tools or the like. Just after seeing the phonograph that He Songling used to harm the Shaolin abbot, he had already decided to follow He Songling.

Although he knew that this thing was not developed by He Songling, as long as he went out on his own, he would have many opportunities to get research opportunities.

But Zhang Xuan was just inexperienced, not a fool. He knew that He Songling's biggest advantage was that he was rich. Whatever the newest, most powerful, and most interesting mechanism was, as long as he wanted it, it would be delivered to him immediately.

This is much easier than for a wild boy from the mountains to go out and find modern "mechanical technology" by himself.

So he decisively rejected Zhang Zhiwei's "good intentions" and looked at Zhang Zhiwei with vigilance, fearing that this ugly-faced Taoist priest would murder him.

But he didn't expect that before Zhang Zhiwei could murder him, He Songling stabbed him in the back.

"Xiao Zhang, you should go back with Junior Brother Tian. Junior Brother Tian, ​​please take Xiao Zhang back to my Senior Brother Dongshan. You know the way, right?"

He Songling supported Zhang Xuan's back with his hand and pushed him in front of Tian Jinzhong.

"Ah...are you leaving now?"

Not only Zhang Xuan was unwilling to part with He Songling, even Tian Jinzhong was not very willing.

He hasn't finished learning the third level of reverse life yet.

"Stop talking nonsense. Isn't it time for you to shout and leave?" He Songling had no interest in Tian Jinzhong. He had already completed all the experiments on him, and now it was just the right time to throw him to Dongshan.

"If you want, you can follow Zhang Xuan and stay with my senior brother for a while. My senior brother is also a serious second-level master. If you want to learn something, you might be able to learn a lot. As for you."

He Songling turned to look at Zhang Xuan: "Originally, it was nine years of compulsory education, plus three years of high school, before starting college. But time is tight, you may only have one or two years before you are sent away.

I require you to reach the level of at least being able to study for a bachelor's degree within two years. This is difficult, even if you have a foundation in mechanical engineering. Formed experience will limit your ability to accept new knowledge, but you must do it, do you understand?"

Unlike Zhou Quan, Zhang Xuan's hobbies and studies were more inclined towards applied physics. When he returned from studying abroad, whether it was an additional bridge mechanics engineer, a mechanical manufacturing engineer, or a weapons manufacturing engineer, they would all be urgently needed by the new and old Zhong Institutes.

This kind of talent is so important when a new country is just starting out, and we can't wait any longer.

"I understand!" Zhang Xuan has also read some of the basic education textbooks brought back by He Songling during this period. He has a certain understanding of the level of college students of this era.

He knew it was difficult, but he was full of confidence. He was a man who dared to disregard life and death, dismantled the coffin of his master's ancestor, and went to find Liang Ting alone. Tian Jinzhong and Zhang Zhiwei had not seen each other for a long time, and the two brothers exchanged ideas and confirmed what they had learned. Of course, it was mainly Zhang Zhiwei who taught Tian Jinzhong. Zhang Zhiwei was not very interested in the new things that Tian Jinzhong had.

Three days later, Tian Jinzhong and Zhang Xuan went south together, while He Songling and Zhang Zhiwei decided to go north.

When these two people walked, their pace was much faster. Not in terms of speed, but in terms of rhythm.

They didn't need to be taught, just like the top students, many unimportant basic knowledge were skipped. With the skills of these two people, they simply collided, either with their minds or directly with their bodies, and then came up with an idea or a direction for development, and with just two simple sentences, they decided on the next destination.

Have you ever seen Guo Degang and Yu Qian's dialogue backstage? Just two sentences can determine the content of the entire evening's performance, and the effect is even more brilliant. This is the result of their tacit understanding and their professional skills.

Coincidentally, He Songling and Zhang Zhiwei both had these two things.

"I've said it before, cultivating your life and repairing your body are two different things. Your cultivation of your life determines your overall sublimation as a 'human'. What is body protection? It is a means, a technique."

On the mountain road, Zhang Zhiwei and He Songling argued endlessly, "The Golden Light Mantra can protect the body, but the purpose of the Golden Light Mantra is not to protect the body. If you practice the Golden Light Mantra every day in the direction of protecting the body, your path of cultivation is wrong."

"Oh my, oh my, Great Heavenly Master Zhang, Old Immortal Zhang, you didn't see enough of them getting beaten just now, did you?"

He Songling retorted, his words full of impoliteness: "Only when you are alive can you produce output... No, only when you are alive can you make progress. From this point of view, whether it is a method to prolong life or a method to increase defense, they are all cultivating life. The more you live, the more you cultivate your life. How can the body protection method not cultivate life?"

They left Henan and headed north, passing through Shanxi, and had just come down from the mountain gate of the "Golden Body Old Man".

The Golden Body Old Man is a sect that practices physical training. The "Golden Body" is easy to understand, and you can tell at a glance that it is a horizontal training of the physical body. The "old man" does not mean that a group of old men in this sect are dragged out to make trouble, but as Wu Gensheng said, the grandfather is Lao Yang.

Lao Yang is one of the four images in Yi. It comes from Yi Zhuan. Zuo Zhuan Zhushu quotes Yi as saying: Some people say that seven is Shao Yang and eight is Shao Yin, and their lines do not change. Nine is Lao Yang and six is ​​Lao Yin, and their lines all change.

It means "the extreme of Yang", and can also be simply and roughly understood as "Nine Yang Magic". In the Zhouyi Liu Yao prediction, if three coins are shaken and three positive sides are obtained, it is called "Old Yang".

In short, what this sect pursues is two sides of the same coin as the Sanyi Sect. The Sanyi Sect advocates giving up all means and cultivating only the life; while the old man with the golden body advocates the ultimate defense, giving up all means, and using all the Qi to train the body.

The reason why He Songling and Zhang Zhiwei visited this sect was because they were discussing the matter of life and death cultivation on the way.

He Songling started out with the "skill" of the Three Levels of Reverse Rebirth, which was enhanced through Western magic and miracles. The philosophy he advocates now is completely different from Zhang Zhiwei's understanding of cultivating nature and life.

He now advocated prolonging the battle line, exchanging time for space, and finally achieving the road to heaven. This was similar to the anti-Japanese war strategy adopted by Lao Zhong not long after. And it was precisely because this was a proven correct path that made He Songling firmly walk on it.

However, Zhang Zhiwei expressed his clear opposition and even fought with He Songling several times.

(End of this chapter)